David Bailey Quotes - Page 3

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• I don't think my work does reflect my nationality - I don't like the idea of nationalism.

  David Bailey

  Thinking, Ideas, Doe

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• I had a terrible time with feminists in the Seventies. They hated me, those women. I think they hated everything.

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  Thinking, Feminist, Terrible Times

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• I was dyslexic, so I was put in the silly class at school.

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  Silly, School, Class

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• In '73 I photographed the cannibals in New Guinea. They treated me OK but they didn't make you feel relaxed... I managed to escape unscathed though, I'm pretty good at that.

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  Guinea, Feels, Cannibal

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• I was a terrible father. The most I ever did for my children was to teach them chess. At least they got that.

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  Children, Father, Chess

  "David Bailey: What I've Learned" by Johnny Davis, www.esquire.com. June 2, 2014.

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• Being dyslexic, I was told that I was an idiot all the time.

  David Bailey

  Idiot, Dyslexic

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• You have to kind of be invisible when you photograph children, so you use a longer lens.

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  Children, Lenses, Use

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• I hate being so nostalgic about the Sixties.

  David Bailey

  Hate, I Hate, Nostalgic

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• The trouble with people like Tony Blair is they get confused, they think intelligence is education when they're two different things.

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  Confused, Thinking, Two

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• I am not responsible for all the journalists in the past that have told lies.

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  Lying, Past, Responsible

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• The only thing approaching art in a movie is the script.

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  Movie, Art, Actors

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• My paintings are rubbish.

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  Rubbish, Painting

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• Sometimes I still can't believe my luck.

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  Believe, Luck, Sometimes

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• I left school on my 15th birthday.

  David Bailey

  Birthday, School, Left

  "David Bailey: Reg Kray said: 'Ere, Da'. I wish I could have done it legit like you'". Interview with Fiona Maddocks, www.theguardian.com. July 5, 2015.

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• I don't like any sport except boxing and bull fighting.

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  Sports, Fighting, Boxing

  "This Much I Know: David Bailey" by Alice Fisher, www.theguardian.com. February 20, 2010.

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• I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.

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  Strong Women, Strong, Men

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